Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Aug 4, 2014 10:38
9 yrs ago
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Italian term
insistito
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Ecco allora che in alcune opere i ricordi cedono il posto ad un decorativismo insistente e insistito, caratterizzato da un evidente horror vacui, di un'inquietante piacevolezza.
They are reviewing the works of a painter for an art catalogue.
They are reviewing the works of a painter for an art catalogue.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +2 | resolute |
Lisa Jane
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4 | pertinacious |
Janice Giffin
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4 | deliberate |
Michael Korovkin
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Change log
Aug 7, 2014 09:04: Lisa Jane Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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32 mins
Selected
resolute
my suggestion:
an incessant and resolute use of.....
but there could be many other options as I think this use in Italian is emphatic and one needs to find two adjectives that say similar things but sound good together.
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Note added at 3 days23 hrs (2014-08-08 10:19:26 GMT) Post-grading
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you're welcome :)
an incessant and resolute use of.....
but there could be many other options as I think this use in Italian is emphatic and one needs to find two adjectives that say similar things but sound good together.
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Note added at 3 days23 hrs (2014-08-08 10:19:26 GMT) Post-grading
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you're welcome :)
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Comment: "Thanks."
11 hrs
pertinacious
This word chosen in the sense of "unyielding" as if the artist would not "give in" to his/her aversion to empty spaces.
21 hrs
deliberate
... resolute is good too
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